Language Overview and its Policy

Chabacano is a creole language that is spoken in Zamboanga City, located in the southern Philippine island group of Mindanao. Creole means __________.

• a simplified form of a language, used for communication between people not sharing a common language

• the practice of alternating between two or more languages or varieties of language in conversation.

• the language used for communication between people who do not share a native language

• mixing of different languages into a new one.

The national and official language of the country for more than three centuries.

• Filipino

• Spanish

• English

• Tagalog

THESE ARE a group of 600 American teachers who travelled from the United States to the newly occupied territory of the Philippines to teach basic education and to train Filipino teachers, with English as the medium of instruction.

He is the father of the national language.

• Manuel Quezon

• Jose Laurel

• Ramon Magsaysay

• Julian Felipe

__________ designates Filipino, a standardized version of Tagalog, as the national language and an official language along with English.

• 1987 constitution

• 1967 constitution

• 1977 constitution

• 1947 constitution

The Philippines has 8 major dialects, except __________.

• Waray

• Bikolano

• Kapampangan

• Chavacano

It is currently taught for free and is promoted in some Islamic centres. It is used primarily in religious activities and education

• Spanish

• Arabic

• Hebrew

• Latin

Filipino and English are considered lingua franca.

• yes

• no

• maybe

• it depends

________is/are spoken as a lingua franca in the southernmost parts of the Philippines, from Zamboanga down to Tawi-Tawi among a minority of the Tausug, Bajau,

and Yakan peoples.

• Arabic

• Malay / Indonesian

• Chinese

• All of the above

__________ declared the Pilipino language to be co-official, along with English and mandated the development of a national language.

• 1937 constitution

• 1933 constitution

• 1983 constitution

• 1973 constitution